Gardening for Good- The Best Time to Garden
August 31, 2022Those familiar cinnamon plumes, waving in unison from their towering vantage point above our marshes and sand dunes, were not always so abundant, or robust....
Estuary for Young Readers
August 31, 2022I put my hand out in front of me like I’m offering to shake and say: “How do you do, sir. I’m called JJ, just like my father, and his father, and his father before him. We’re all ferrymen here in Old Saybrook, and we’re all called JJ.”...
What’s for Dinner- Bounties of the Fall Harvest
August 31, 2022Yum yum summertime…and what better way to celebrate than to have a barbeque! Our choices are diverse, but let’s focus on what’s fresh and readily available at this time of the year. What comes to mind? … Corn and tomatoes, which can be prepared with a minimum of fuss…and what a delight to the eyes as well....
The Art & Scienceof the Connecticut River
May 31, 2022Beyond a small café and an administrative building, four banners hang from the welcome hall portico: the Cat in the Hat, an Indian Motorcycle, a T-Rex, and a 19th century painting of a young girl by William-Adolphe Bouguereau....
What’s for Dinner
May 31, 2022Yum yum summertime…and what better way to celebrate than to have a barbeque! Our choices are diverse, but let’s focus on what’s fresh and readily available at this time of the year. What comes to mind? … Corn and tomatoes, which can be prepared with a minimum of fuss…and what a delight to the eyes as well....
Estuary for Young Readers
May 31, 2022I put my hand out in front of me like I’m offering to shake and say: “How do you do, sir. I’m called JJ, just like my father, and his father, and his father before him. We’re all ferrymen here in Old Saybrook, and we’re all called JJ.”...
Estuary for Young Readers
February 28, 2022I put my hand out in front of me like I’m offering to shake and say: “How do you do, sir. I’m called JJ, just like my father, and his father, and his father before him. We’re all ferrymen here in Old Saybrook, and we’re all called JJ.”...
What’s for Dinner
February 28, 2022Not just for pancakes, maple syrup has been a staple in the North American diet for centuries....
The Secret Bog
February 28, 2022Wildflowers—on my own home turf here, at the southern end of the Connecticut: this should be fun....
Maple Sugaring
February 28, 2022The maple sugaring season is one of the most celebrated and ephemeral of spring events to occur up and down the Connecticut River watershed....
Estuary for Young Readers
December 1, 2021I put my hand out in front of me like I’m offering to shake and say: “How do you do, sir. I’m called JJ, just like my father, and his father, and his father before him. We’re all ferrymen here in Old Saybrook, and we’re all called JJ.”...
What’s for Dinner? – Turkey Pot Pie
December 1, 2021Yum yum summertime…and what better way to celebrate than to have a barbeque! Our choices are diverse, but let’s focus on what’s fresh and readily available at this time of the year. What comes to mind? … Corn and tomatoes, which can be prepared with a minimum of fuss…and what a delight to the eyes as well....
One Photograph – Woods, Brooks & Early Spring
December 1, 2021But from the first few dreamy days of April on well into May, where better to discover springtime than in one’s own patch of cozy, quaint New England woods?...
Tales of a Connecticut River Ferryman’s Son
September 1, 2021I put my hand out in front of me like I’m offering to shake and say: “How do you do, sir. I’m called JJ, just like my father, and his father, and his father before him. We’re all ferrymen here in Old Saybrook, and we’re all called JJ.”...
What’s For Dinner?
September 1, 2021Plump and ripe with sweetness, the apples and gourds are ready to tease the palate with new flavors and aromas—a genuine departure from summer fare....
What’s For Dinner?
May 31, 2021Yum yum summertime…and what better way to celebrate than to have a barbeque! Our choices are diverse, but let’s focus on what’s fresh and readily available at this time of the year. What comes to mind? … Corn and tomatoes, which can be prepared with a minimum of fuss…and what a delight to the eyes as well....
Tales of a Connecticut River Ferryman’s Son #2
May 31, 2021I put my hand out in front of me like I’m offering to shake and say: “How do you do, sir. I’m called JJ, just like my father, and his father, and his father before him. We’re all ferrymen here in Old Saybrook, and we’re all called JJ.”...
The Taste of Home
May 31, 2021As you settle in to watch the sun setting over the leafy ridges, you sip a glass and wonder where you are. Is this wine country?...
Hands on the Land
May 27, 2021Hands on the Land: Art & the Environment in the Connecticut River Valley” is a collaborative exhibit between the Connecticut River Museum and the Lyme Art Association....
Building Along the Lower Connecticut
March 1, 2021Welcome to the lower Connecticut River valley! This last section of the river, just before and as it reaches the Atlantic Ocean, is a scenic and grandiflora tour de force that rivals any along the eastern seaboard of the United States. Birders, naturalists, and the first American Impressionist painters—anyone in love with nature and her bounty—have for centuries known about and continue to find wonder in and draw inspiration from this greenest of green deviants from the generally-overpopulated coastline....